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HANGING DEVIGE FOR PICTURE AND MIRROR FRAMES.

No. 366,989. Patented July 19, 1887.

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IVILLIAM XVIITHOEFT, JR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE THIRD TO LOUIS F. BOEOKSTIEGEL, OF SAME PLACE.

HANGING DEVICE FOR PICTURE AND MIRROR FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,989, dated July 19, 1887.

Application filed April 25, 1887.

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I,WILLIA1\I WIT'rHoEFr, Jr., of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hanging Devices for Picture and Mirror Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

reference being had to the accompanying draw-- ings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure I isafront view of my device, show ing my supportingbrackets, the picture or looking-glass frame, with the shelf on which it rests and the adjustable cords by which it is suspended. Fig. II is a top View showing the frame hung on the brackets and the position of the adjustable suspension-cords. Fig. III is a front view showing the supportingbrackets, the shelf that unites them with the angle-brackets by which it is supported, and the clutch-hooks and set-screws that secure the anglebrackets to the supporting-brackets. Fig. IV is a detail of a modification of the supporting-brackets, in which a round bracketrod is used. It also shows the anglebracket secured to the rod by a clamping ring or hook and set-screw, and the shelf that it supports. Fig. V is a detail of the bottom of the shelf, showing the passage of the adjustable cord through the eyelets and the means of locking its adjustment. Fig. VI is a transverse section on line VI VI, Fig. III, showing the shelf with the eyelets attached through which the cord passes; also the set-screw by which its adjustment is locked. Fig. VII is a transverse section on line VII VII, Fig. III, show-.

ing the clutchhook grasping the bracket, its screw-stem passing through the angle-bracket, and fastened by the setscrew. Fig. VIII is a front view of a modification, showing seniivalve brackets for its supporting-frame, preferably of wood, as used especially when attaching toilet-glasses with a supplemental shelf behind it,and drawers for toilet articles beneath the shelf on which the bottom of the frame rests. Fig. IX is an enlarged transverse section on line IX IX, Fig. 1V, showing the angle-bracket that supports the shelf, its meansofattachmenttothesuppoitingbi'acket, and the set-screw by which it is clamped. Fig. X is an enlarged transverse section on through the eyelet 16.

Serial No. 235,002. (No model.)

line X X, Fig. VIII, showing theangle-bracket that supports the shelf, its attachment to the frame-supporting bracket, and the set-screw by which it is clamped; and Fig. XI is an enlarged detail, showing the combined ferrule and eyelet hanger, secured to the top of the rod-supporting bracket, by which said bracket is hung, as shown in Fig. IV.

My invention relates to devices for supporting and adjusting the inclination of frames for pictures, looking-glasses, &c.; and my inven tion consists in features of novelty, hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to thedrawings, in which similar figures of reference indicate like parts in all the views, 1 1 represent the supportingbrackets, which in my preferred form, as shown in Figs. I and II, are preferably made of metal plate, the edges of which are clamped around rc-enforcing wires 2, which, besides strengthening the brackets, extend above the upper ends thereof to form loops 3, by which the supporting-brackets are hung on nails or pins 4..

Two angle-brackets, 5, are secured to the brackets 1 near their lower extremities by the clutch-hooks 6 on the heads of the T-scrcws 7, said hooks clamping around the edges of the brackets, and their hold is tightened by the set-screws S, that engage on the T-scrcws. The angle-brackets support the shelf 9, which shelf supports the bottom of the frame 10, that is adjustably inclined and suspended at top by the cord 11. The suspension-cord passes through an eyelet, 12, at the back of the top bar of the frame, and from that on either hand through eyelets or staples 13 on the front of the brackets 1, and then angling downward until their ends meet and pass through an eyelet, 14, in the rear edge of the shelf9, thatsupports the bottom of the frame. The cords then again separate and pass on each side of a screw-stem, 15, that is pendent from the bot tom of the shelf, and uniting again pass through the eyelet 16 beneath the shelf near its front edge, from which the cords hang, and unitedly terminate in a tassel, 17, or other convenient handle, by which to draw the cord and also to prevent its repassage and escape A set-screw, 18, en-

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gages on the thread of the screw-stem 15, and clamps or loosens the cord relatively, accord= ingly as it is turned on or off.

;It will be seen that after the set-screw 18 has been loosened, by then drawing on or releasing the cord, the inclination of the frame will be decreased or increased, respectively, as the case may be. \Vhen the frame has been adjusted to the desired inclination, the setscrew is turned to clamp the adjustment, so that the frame will continue in the same position in which it is set until the set-screw is again loosened.

Not only is the inclination of the frame adjustable by the cord, as described, but both the elevation and inclination also of the frame can be adjusted by loosening the set-screws 8 and raising or lowering the angle-brackets with the shelf that supports the frame until the elevation is rightly adjusted, when the set-screws are turned to clamp the adjustment.

It will be seen that after the two nails (from which the brackets are hung) have been driven, both the supporting-brackets and frames can be hung and adjusted by parties standing on the floor. By my device I have provided an easy means both for hanging frames in the first place and for rehanging and readj usting them at times of house-cleaning, 850., and also when it is desired to present pictures in varied lights and angles for inspection.

In Fig. IV is shown a modification in which a round rod, 19, preferably of wood, is usedfor the supporting-brackets, in which case a clamp-ring or round hook, 20, as is also shown enlarged in Fig. IX, is used in connection with the screwstem 7 ,which passes through the angle-bracket 5 and set screw 8 (instead of the clutch-hooks 6, as shown in Fig. VII) to clutch the bracket-rod and through the shelf to support the bottom of the frame. These supporting-rods are suspended on the nails 4 by the combined ferrule and eyelet 21, which is secured on the upper end of the bracket.

In Fig. VIII is shown a second modification, in which semi-oval supporting-brackets 22 are provided, which are preferably of When of wood,

wood, but may be of metal. the upper ends of the brackets should bereenforced behind by a metal plate, 23, down to the dotted lines that cross transversely on said brackets. The upper ends of these brackets have perforations 24,.that are large enough below to allow the heads of the nails 4 to pass through, but are narrow above, so

that as the bracket settles down the heads of the nails hold it securely in position. In this modification a semi-oval ring or hook, 25, as is also shown enlarged in Fig. X, is used in connection with the screw-stem 7, which passes through the angle-bracket 5, and, under the influence of the set-screw 8, clutches the vertical bars of the bracket, and by means of the shelf supports the bottom of the frame. This modification is especially adapted for supporting looking-glass frames for toilet purposes, and provides drawers 26 be neath the shelf and an extra shelf, 27, back of the frame for the occupancy of toilet articles. The last-named shelf is supported by the same means as the lower one.

I have shown perforations 28 in thevertical metallic supporting-bracket. (See Figs. I and II.) These are not essential to the invention, but a means of ornament in themselves, and also provide the means of intertwining ribbons or wreaths up the brackets. When ornamental parlor creeping vines are grown in vases or flower pots, which are placed on each end of the shelf, these perforations afford a convenient hold for the tendrils of the vine in its growth around the frame or bracket that backs and supports it.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a device for hanging frames, the combination of the brackets 1, re-enforcing wires 2, having loops for hanging on the supporting-nails, anglerbrackets 5, adj ustabl y secured to brackets 1, shelf 9, carried by said brackets 5, on which rests the bottom of the frame, cord 11, attached to said frame for adjustably supporting the latter to its inclination,

and set-screw 18, engaging the cord for holding the frame .to its adj ustment, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2.' In a device for hanging frames, the com bination of the supporting'brackets, to which angle-brackets are adjustably secured by clutch-hooks 6 on T-screws 7, the said adj ustment beingclamped by set-screws 8, the shelf resting on said angle-brackets and supporting the foot of the frame, the upper part of which is supported at its adjustable incline by the cord 11, which passes through the'eyelets 12, 13, 14, and 16, and around the screw stem 15, on which the set-screw 18 engages to lock the adjustment of the cord, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device for hanging frames, the combination of the supporting-brackets, the angle-brackets and shelf supporting the foot of the frame, and the adjustable cord that is operated by its pendent'tassel from beneath to adjust the inclination of the frame, and the set-screw that clamps the cord and looks it, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a device for hanging frames, the combination of .the supporting brackets, the shelves adjustably supported on movable angle-brackets clamped to the supporting-brackets and locked by set-screws, and the drawers 26, with the cord 11, that passes through the eyelets 12, 13, 14, and 16, and is adjustable by drawing on its pendent tassel and the adjustment locked by the set-screw 18, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

WVILLIAM WIT'IHOEFT, JR.

In presence of- BENJ'N. A. KNIGHT, SAML. KNIGHT.

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